There were a sheaf of questions being asked, none of which were of the slightest interest to any one.

With a little smile of anticipation upon his lips, he hurried to the telephone.

In a few moments he was speaking to Annie, Lady Jane's maid.
"Will you give her ladyship a message ?" he asked.

"Tell her that I am unexpectedly free for an hour or so, and ask if I may come around and see her ?" The maid was absent from the telephone for less than a minute.
When she returned, her message was brief but satisfactory.

Her ladyship would be exceedingly pleased to see Mr.Tallente..